Electrician · Gainesville, GA
Electrician in Gainesville: $600/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Gainesville at $58,330 a year. About 310 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.61). The 10th percentile is $40,400 and the 90th is $77,170. Pay ranks 286th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,318/mo). Georgia charges a 5.19% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $600 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chattanooga, about 101 miles away, at $1,914 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$600
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,330
$40,400 to $77,170
Rent (1 bd)
$1,318
$1,569 (2 bd)
Employment
310
Location quotient 0.61
Pay rank
286th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $58,330.
- Taxes$986
- Rent$1,318
- Other living costs$1,957
- Left over$600
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,330
- Federal income tax
- −$4,961
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,462
- State income tax (GA)
- −$2,405
- Take-home pay
- $46,502
- Effective tax rate
- 20.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,318
- Groceries
- $386
- Getting around
- $559
- Healthcare
- $434
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,275
Left over each month
$4,861 gross, minus $986 in tax and $3,275 in living costs.
$600
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chattanooga, $1,914/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Gainesville?
$58,330 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 310 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Gainesville?
$600 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Georgia charges a 5.19% flat income tax Rent is $1,318, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Chattanooga, about 101 miles away, leaves $1,914 a month, more than Gainesville.